Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20930
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/11/1998
Date of Amendment
25/11/1998
Name of Property
Field Cowhouse NE of Llyndy Isaf
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Beddgelert
Town
Porthmadog
Locality
Bethania
Easting
262613
Northing
350105
Street Side
Location
Located on the brow of a hill to the NE of Llyndy Isaf farm, approximately 750m S of Bethania; accessed via a track running SW from the road leading from Bethania to the Nanmor valley.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Probably late C17 field cowhouse of a type characteristic of the region; originally built to house a small number of cows or cattle at some distance from the main farmstead.
Exterior
Vernacular field cowhouse, sited with its gable into a gentle hill-slope, as is customary. Of boulder rubble construction on pronounced boulder and rock foundations; slate roof with crudely-kneelered and slab-coped gable parapets. Entrance to the front gable with crude projecting lintel supported on stone corbels; deeply-recessed modern boarded door. Former loading bay to the rear gable, now reduced to a 3-light window; the roof has a discreet skylight to the R pitch.
In front of the entrance is a crude slate-slab forecourt with later dry stone rubble pen walls projecting to the front and sides.
Interior
Three-bay interior with original primitive pegged oak collar trusses.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a good example of a vernacular late C17/early C18 regional field cowhouse retaining good character and including its associated walled stackyard.
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